Romania March 11, 2020 Black Sea , Brasov , Bucarest , Bucaresti , Carpathian Mountains , Constanta , Danube , Eastern Europe , Europe , European Union , fleuve Danube , Francophonie , French , French language , german , German language , Moldova , NATO , Organisation internationale de la Francophonie , Ottoman Empire , Romania , Schengen Area , Sibiu , Timisoara , Transylvanie Official name Romania Name in local language România (ro) Continent Europe Subcontinent European Union Population (ranking: 64e ) 19,524,125 inhabitants (2018) Population growth -0.61 % / year Area 238,391 km² Density 81.90 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 49e )239.553 billions $USD (2018) GDP/capita (ranking ) 12,301 $USD (2018) GDP growth 4.10 % / year (2018) Life expectancy (ranking ) 75.90 years (2018) Birth rate 9.00 ‰ (2016) Fertility rate 1.34 children / woman (2016) Death rate (ranking ) 11.90 ‰ (2016) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 9.60 ‰ (2016) Literacy rate 98.77 % (2015) Official languages Romanian (french, german, hungarian spoken) Currency Romanian Leu (RON) HDI (ranking: 77e )0.816 / 1 (2018) EPI (ranking )64.78 (2018) Government Unitary semi-presidential republic Head of State President Klaus Iohannis National Day 1st December (Great Union in 1918) ISO Codes RO, ROU Demonym Romanian Tourists (ranking ) 2,760,000 people (2017)
Strong decline of the population since 20 years Romania is an Eastern European state, the 7th most populous country in the European Union and the 9th largest in terms of area. It borders Hungary to the west, Ukraine and Moldova to the north and east, Bulgaria to the south and Serbia to the southwest.
Iron Gates on the Danube River, Romania. Photo: Cornelius Bechtler Bucegi Mountains, Carpathian Mountains, Romania. Photo: Wikipedia Bucharest, capital city of Romania. Photo: Ciprian Urban areas (2014) Urban areas Population Bucharest 2,395,515 inhabitants Iași 464,711 inhabitants Constanța 419,968 inhabitants Brașov 398,220 inhabitants Cluj-Napoca 375,908 inhabitants Timișoara 357,513 inhabitants Craiova 326,498 inhabitants Galați 323,318 inhabitants Ploiești 295,314 inhabitants Oradea 239,243 inhabitants Bacău 222,854 inhabitants Brăila 219,919 inhabitants Pitești 215,577 inhabitants Sibiu 208,778 inhabitants Arad 204,940 inhabitants Baia Mare 182,269 inhabitants Buzău 161,311 inhabitants Botoșani 144,389 inhabitants Piatra Neamț 131,242 inhabitants Drobeta-Turnu Severin 127,753 inhabitants Focșani 125,609 inhabitants Alba Iulia 109,429 inhabitants Bistrița 108,488 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Departments (Județe) Population Area Alba 381,538 inhabitants 6,242 km² Arad 474,341 inhabitants 7,754 km² Argeș 647,264 inhabitants 6,862 km² Bacău 747,031 inhabitants 6,621 km² Bihor 619,441 inhabitants 7,544 km² Bistrița-Năsăud 329,076 inhabitants 5,355 km² Botoșani 456,941 inhabitants 4,986 km² Brăila 357,752 inhabitants 4,766 km² Brașov 630,126 inhabitants 5,363 km² Bucarest (Municipalité) 2,100,519 inhabitants 228 km² Buzău 480,552 inhabitants 6,103 km² Călărași 318,097 inhabitants 5,088 km² Caraș-Severin 329,286 inhabitants 8,514 km² Cluj 721,136 inhabitants 6,674 km² Constanța 769,666 inhabitants 7,071 km² Covasna 228,970 inhabitants 3,710 km² Dâmbovița 529,058 inhabitants 4,054 km² Dolj 701,461 inhabitants 7,414 km² Galați 632,452 inhabitants 4,466 km² Giurgiu 277,239 inhabitants 3,526 km² Gorj 367,262 inhabitants 5,602 km² Harghita 333,921 inhabitants 6,639 km² Hunedoara 471,613 inhabitants 7,063 km² Ialomița 294,410 inhabitants 4,453 km² Iași 912,774 inhabitants 5,476 km²
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